The Story
Love is the story of a single mother, Vibeke, and her son Jon, who have just moved to a small, remote town in the north of Norway. It’s the day before Jon’s birthday, but Vibeke, preoccupied with concerns of her own, has forgotten this. With a man on her mind, she ventures to the local library, while Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club. From there we follow the two characters on their separate journeys through a cold winter’s night, as Ørstavik weaves together the two narratives in electric prose masterfully rendered into English by translator Martin Aitken.
Description
Love is the story of a single mother, Vibeke, and her son Jon, who have just moved to a small, remote town in the north of Norway. It’s the day before Jon’s birthday, but Vibeke, preoccupied with concerns of her own, has forgotten this. With a man on her mind, she ventures to the local library, while Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club. From there we follow the two characters on their separate journeys through a cold winter’s night, as Ørstavik weaves together the two narratives in electric prose masterfully rendered into English by translator Martin Aitken.
